any Kobalt compressor owner out there?

[hilsideser]

About two years ago, one of my wife's customers gave her a 1000$ Lowe's gift card for helping him sell a lot and not taking a comission. He gave it to her in a birthday card and said it was for me. Well, she gave it to me and I did what any guy would do. I ran to Lowe's and bought the biggest compressor they carried. And like most guys,(that I know) I let it sit for a year and a half before I hooked it up...
Well, my son and I used it on the really first real job a week ago and while we are running the impact wrench on truck bed bolts, the woodruft key comes out of the pulley and tears up the pulley and the motor shaft.
Anyone have any dealings with Kobalt and their 3 year warranty?

 

[hilsideser]

...we'll, I'll respond to me.
I talked to the "Tool World" mamanager and told him we had about three hours use out of it. He said just bring it in and they'd exchange it. I'll keep you posted.

 

[hilsideser]

Follow up: Took Compressor back to Lowe's with no receipt. They gave me an in store merchandise credit card. They Don't carry the Kobalt any longer, (surprise). I upgraded to a 80 gallon Campbell Hausefield for 132.00. A much better built unit.
While getting the thing loaded into the pickup, the highlow operator says most of those compressors came back for the same reason.

 

[PAUL161]

I bought a Campbell Hausefield 80 gal compressor 3 years ago and it is a fine compressor for the average home or farm shop. Mine is 5 hp, 240 volts. I've had no problems with it and would recommend it to anyone. Got mine at Home Depot.

 

[DeltaAir423]

I was just shopping around for compressors the other day, and I was asking about the diff between the Kobalt, C/H, and Porter Cable compressors. The paint department guy (no tool world associates there at the time), immediately said go with the C/H. Pretty bad when you won't even recommend your own companies products.